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| HER Number: | MDV5921 |
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| Name: | Possible cairn east of Bellever |
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Summary
Unconfirmed; there is no ground evidence to suggest the presence of the cairn noted by Worth. The feature described by Grinsell is probably the robbed hut circle
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 649 782 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67NW/54
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAIRN? (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1004.
Vis=15/5/1976 (grinsell) cairn east of road between postbridge and bellever. Diameter 9.0m, height 0.2m. Truncated cairn or ring cairn.
OS, CITING WORTH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV247248.
Remains of a cairn less prominent than in was in 1891 (os, citing worth).
NMR CITING OS, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV247249.
Vis=11/12/1979 (os) no cairn could be identified in the area indicated by worth, an e slope of rough pasture (nmr citing os).
RCHM APP 1985, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV247250.
Not visible on raf 1951 ap (rchm app 1985).
NMR CITING PROBERT, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV247251.
Vis=4/11/1993 (rchm) there is no ground evidence to suggest the presence of the cairn noted by worth. The feature described by grinsell is probably the robbed hut circle recorded on subsheet (nmr citing probert).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV247252.
Worth, r. H. /tda/68(1936)50/fifty-fifth report on barrows.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV247253.
Dnp/conservation of ancient monuments ms field report(1976).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV247254.
Osa=sx67nw65.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV247255.
Grinsell, l. V. /pdas/36(1978).
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV247256.
Prowse, a. B. /tda/23(1891)313 "the ancient metropolis of dartmoor".
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV247257.
Des=probert, s. A. J. /(4/11/1993)/rchme field investigation.
LAKEHEAD BELLEVER LAUGHTER, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV248968.
Cairn. Included in 1955 spooner/dixon report: (lakehead bellever laughter), site no.13. Site no.2a in bellever plantation, lakehead (with sketch map) in dnp field report.
Turner, J. R., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV37204.
Vis=-/-/1976 (turner) now only a ruin, damaged in the construction of the bellever to postbridge road.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV1004 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV247248 | Migrated Record: OS, CITING WORTH. |
| SDV247249 | Report - Survey: NMR CITING OS. |
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| SDV247250 | Migrated Record: RCHM APP 1985. |
| SDV247251 | Report - Survey: NMR CITING PROBERT. |
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| SDV247252 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV247253 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV247254 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV247255 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV247256 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV247257 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV248968 | Migrated Record: LAKEHEAD BELLEVER LAUGHTER. |
| SDV37204 | Migrated Record: Turner, J. R.. |
Associated Monuments
| MDV5922 | Related to: Hut circle east of Bellever (Monument) |
| MDV5967 | Related to: HUT CIRCLE in the Parish of Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7431 - Woodland Survey (1989-90) at Bellever, Soussons and other woodland parcels
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 2 2015 10:52AM |
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